The Guest House
“ The words you speak become the house you live in ” said Hafez, and life in this fleeting house is sublimely described by Rumi : This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy,…
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Einstein, Viktor Frankl, and the Sufi on the Meaning of Life
“Between the stimulus and response, there is a space and in that space lies our freedom and power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth .” – Viktor Frankl Having survived the concentration camps during World…
The Paradox of Tolerance
Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too. – Voltaire Tolerance (tolerantia in latin) is defined as the attitude of someone who accepts in others ways of thinking and living different from their own. It…
Companions of the Ark
Ten generations after Adam, the Earth was corrupt, filled with violence. Evil spread more than ever. Humankind believed in idols who were busy building their fortune; religion was deviated and truth was twisted. Wanting to stop this dark course, God…
Overcoming Jealousy
“Possession is nine tenths of the law” used to say my honorable teacher at university. The lore is when the natural instinct to possess is in excess, it incites jealousy and impairs the psyche. Years later, I came across this…
Living Through the Passage of Time
“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives,” says author Annie Dillard. Goethe, meticulous about the passage of time reflects: “Every second is of infinite value” for one who captures it. Seneca states that…
The Wheel of Time
In the pious wheel of time, Persephonē Περσεφόνη, the daughter of Zeus and Demeter represents the gush of spring when seeds sprout from the ground and the earth blooms in abundance. Holding a sheaf of wheat in her hand, she…
What Happens After We Die?
“When you die, you actually know you are dead because your consciousness continues to exist …” says Sam Parnia, director of the first critical care and resuscitation research lab in the world at New York’s NYU Langone Medical Center.…
The Hidden Life of Trees
“Our need of nature is an integral part of our humanity, and the bond that unites us with nature is never broken.” Peter Wohlleben recounts how he discovered his hidden bond with nature in The Hidden Life of Trees .…
Music of the Planets
There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres. Pythagoras (circa 570 BC), the wise philosopher and polymath put forth that the universe as a whole was composed of harmony and…